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SPOT FORECAST FOR HL RANCH_A...PRIVATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
952 PM CST SUN JAN 3 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON JANUARY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A PERIOD OF PATCHY FOG AND LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY MONDAY
MORNING WITH SUN EXPECTED TO BREAK THROUGH BY NOON. THIS WILL SLOW
THE WARM UP A BIT...BUT TEMPERATURES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO WARM INTO
THE MID 40S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO AROUND 50 PERCENT.
WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE TURNING
AROUND FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). PATCHY FREEZING
                    FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
                    TEMPERATURE.........31 AT IGNITION...MAX 44.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT IGNITION...
                    OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH
                    BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1000-2500
                    FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL BY
                    SUNSET.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND
                    10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....23.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-3000 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL
                    BY SUNSET.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 14
                    TO 22 MPH BY MIDDAY.

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FORECASTER...MJOHNSON
REQUESTED BY...ANDREW BIVINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100104.HLRAN.02/AMA